The Used

Heartwork

'blow me' is the only song worth a damn.

It's a good record. It's not the best thing, but it's good. Many different sounds and elements. Sometimes it is heavier with visceral damage and other moments look the same style as Imagine Dragons, with electronic elements. I just think there could be less songs. 16 tracks, man, they’ll never play everything live, but okay. The last song is terrible, I didn't understand it, it's stupid. Sometimes they make something like Tim Burton's vibes, with a fantasy aesthetic. This album has a lot ... read more

Kinda expected more from this thing. I'm definitely a fan of The Used, their first two albums especially, and they've come out with good music since then. However, try as they might, they're far and away from the spark that they initially had. That's not to take a shot at the band's relevancy, but it was made more clear once I listened to this album a good few times. It has bangers, for sure, and songs that I'll likely come back to. But that's like...7-8 songs on a 16-track album. From the ... read more

I originally thought the title of this album was Homework and it made sense to me given all the refrences to books in the song titles but just like most of the errors I make in my reviews, one attentive look made me realize that I was wrong. All joking aside I'm not a huge fan of Bert McCracken's singing but it matches the lighter mood of the album and gives it some individuality compared to The Used's contemporaries.